{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-5609","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 5609","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, to establish a cattle contract library, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, to establish a cattle contract library, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-10-19","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2021-12-08","vote":{"id":"117-2021-h409","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Cattle Contract Library Act","result":"Passed","yea":411,"nay":13,"present":0,"not_voting":9,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll409.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.","date":"2021-12-09"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2021-12-08","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish and maintain a library or catalog of each type of contract offered by packers to producers for the purchase of all or part of the production of fed cattle (including cattle that are purchased or committed for delivery), including any schedules of premiums or discounts associated with the contract."},{"k":"p","t":"USDA must make the library or catalog publicly available in a user-friendly format and provide weekly or monthly reports as applicable."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill makes it unlawful for any packer to willfully fail or refuse to provide USDA with accurate contractual information or to comply with any other requirements under the bill."},{"k":"p","t":"The Agricultural Marketing Service must provide competitive grants to state agricultural experiment stations, universities, national laboratories, and other entities for producer outreach and education efforts on best uses of cattle market information, including information made available through the livestock mandatory reporting program and the library or 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of premiums or discounts.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5609/text/eh#HEB2AF9DA91FE49E989396A6B9D05D39E"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to obtain information from each packer on each contract type, including the contract's duration, base price, schedules of premiums or discounts, and transportation arrangements.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5609/text/eh#HEB2AF9DA91FE49E989396A6B9D05D39E"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to make a summary of the collected contract information publicly available in a user-friendly format, and to publish weekly or monthly reports on fed cattle committed for delivery within 6-month and 12-month periods.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5609/text/eh#HEB2AF9DA91FE49E989396A6B9D05D39E"}},{"text":"Makes it unlawful for a packer to willfully fail or refuse to give the Secretary the accurate information required or to comply with any other requirement of the section.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5609/text/eh#HEB2AF9DA91FE49E989396A6B9D05D39E"}},{"text":"Directs the Secretary, through the Agricultural Marketing Service, to make competitive grants to eligible entities for producer outreach and education on the best uses of cattle market information.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5609/text/eh#HEB2AF9DA91FE49E989396A6B9D05D39E"}},{"text":"Amends section 221 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to revise the definition of formula marketing arrangement and to add definitions of negotiated grid purchase and type of contract.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5609/text/eh#H5A916097C867469492CED5E401A62ABD"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2021-12-08","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5609/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5609","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5609/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-5609.png","v":"3a92c7d1c39e","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 5609, 117th Congress: Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021. House: 411 Yea, 13 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 8 Dec 2021."}}